Re: Vegetarian Diet and Cholesterol and Triglycerides Levels

[Guest guest]

All those are positive except for the lower HDL/TC ratio, correct?

Thanks,

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> The vegans had the lowest cholesterol, TG, LDL and

> HDL/TC ratios and BMIs. HDLs, were not significantly

> different

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> Unforutanetly, the article doesnt give the nutrient

> breakdown of the different diets.

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> Jeff

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> Vegetarian Diet and Cholesterol and Triglycerides

> Levels

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> Simone Grigoletto De Biase, Francine Carrocha

> Fernandes, Reinaldo José Gianini, João Luiz

> Duarte

> Catholic University at São o, São o, SP -

> Brazil

[Guest guest]

Hi All, Vegans showed higher HDL/total cholesterol ratios and lower total cholesterol/HDL ratio in this study:

De Biase SG, Fernandes SF, Gianini RJ, Duarte JL.Vegetarian diet and cholesterol and triglycerides levels.Arq Bras Cardiol. 2007 Jan;88(1):35-9. English, Portuguese. PMID: 17364116

href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Retrieve & dopt=AbstractPlus & list_uids=17364116 & query_hl=25 & itool=pubmed_docsum">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Retrieve & dopt=AbstractPlus & list_uids=17364116 & query_hl=25 & itool=pubmed_docsumhttp://tinyurl.com/yrq8ka But this prospective (also free full-text) discusses perhaps a much more meaningful experiment where vegans did more poorly than all, except the ominvores: Key TJ, Fraser GE, Thorogood M, Appleby PN, Beral V, Reeves G, Burr ML, Chang-Claude J, Frentzel-Beyme R, Kuzma JW, Mann J, McPherson K. Mortality in vegetarians and nonvegetarians: detailed findings from a collaborative analysis of 5 prospective studies. Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 Sep;70(3 Suppl):516S-524S. PMID: 10479225 http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/70/3/516S <truepatriot@...> wrote: All those are positive except for the lower HDL/TC ratio, correct?Thanks,->> The vegans had the lowest cholesterol, TG, LDL and> HDL/TC ratios and BMIs. HDLs, were not significantly> different> > Unforutanetly, the article doesnt give the nutrient> breakdown of the different diets.> > Jeff> > > > Vegetarian Diet and Cholesterol and Triglycerides> Levels> > Simone Grigoletto De Biase, Francine Carrocha> Fernandes, Reinaldo José Gianini, João Luiz > Duarte> Catholic University at São o, São o, SP ->

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